Knowledge of cholesterol and its interaction with protein molecules is of fundamental importance. This books examines the structural and functional aspects of the families of cholesterol-binding and cholesterol transport proteins.

This book covers all currently significant aspects of cholesterol-binding and transport proteins This book integrates diverse topics under the theme of the title Chapters in this book are written by active scientists in their field of study This book contains a thorough coverage of both fundamental science and clinical aspects of cholesterol-binding proteins This book fills a unique gap in the cholesterol literature by placing emphasis upon the proteins associated with cholesterol

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CholesterolProtein Interaction: Methods and Cholesterol Reporter Molecules.- Cholesterol in Alzheimer's Disease and other Amyloidogenic Disorders.- Cholesterol-Binding Viral Proteins in Virus Entry and Morphogenesis.- SterolProtein Interactions in Cholesterol and Bile Acid Synthesis.- Cholesterol Oxidase: Structure and Function.- Oxysterol-Binding Proteins.- High Density Lipoprotein StructureFunction and Role in Reverse Cholesterol Transport.- Lipoprotein Modification and Macrophage Uptake: Role of Pathologic Cholesterol Transport in Atherogenesis.- Cholesterol Interaction with Proteins That Partition into Membrane Domains: An Overview.- Caveolin, Sterol Carrier Protein-2, Membrane Cholesterol-Rich Microdomains and Intracellular Cholesterol Trafficking.- Cholesterol in NiemannPick Type C disease.- Protein Mediators of Sterol Transport Across Intestinal Brush Border Membrane.- Cholesterol at the Endoplasmic Reticulum: Roles of the Sigma-1 Receptor Chaperone and Implications thereof in Human Diseases.- Prominin-1: A Distinct Cholesterol-Binding Membrane Protein and the Organisation of the Apical Plasma Membrane of Epithelial Cells.- Mammalian StAR-Related Lipid Transfer (START) Domains with Specificity for Cholesterol: Structural Conservation and Mechanism of Reversible Binding.- Membrane Cholesterol in the Function and Organization of G-Protein Coupled Receptors.- Cholesterol Effects on Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor: Cellular Aspects.- Cholesterol and Myelin Biogenesis.- Cholesterol and Ion Channels.- The Cholesterol-Dependent Cytolysin Family of Gram-Positive Bacterial Toxins.- Cholesterol Specificity of Some Heptameric ?-Barrel Pore-Forming Bacterial Toxins: Structural and Functional Aspects.- Cholesterol-Binding Toxins and Anti-cholesterol Antibodiesas Structural Probes for Cholesterol Localization.